Link to a short 1911 film on Youtube. Although the poster is the same as the ones I had posted before with the unpleasant extra bit at the end, the extra bit seems to have changed for this one.
It's just over 11 minutes, starts off with Windsor McCay who was a newspaper cartoonist telling some men of his intention to create some moving images of some of his characters in his newspaper cartoons.
It ends with those images and so is a very very early example of film animation.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2BTEqVVf4Q
night EL Slim Moonsieee
@El Loro posted:Link to a short 1911 film on Youtube. Although the poster is the same as the ones I had posted before with the unpleasant extra bit at the end, the extra bit seems to have changed for this one.
It's just over 11 minutes, starts off with Windsor McCay who was a newspaper cartoonist telling some men of his intention to create some moving images of some of his characters in his newspaper cartoons.
It ends with those images and so is a very very early example of film animation.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2BTEqVVf4Q
Very clever..
The young man who knocked over the stack of paperwork was skating on thin ice 
@slimfern posted:
The young man who knocked over the stack of paperwork was skating on thin ice
3 years later Windsor McCay made "Gertie the Dinosaur" which is possibly the first animation with some sort of story. Here's a link to it which starts with a similar sequence as the one made in 1911. The actual animation starts at 7 minutes in and is about 6 minutes long.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDrAjHeQMf4
I did embed a Youtube clip of "Gertie the Dinosaur" here years ago but that's no longer playable.
A flyover Jupiter's northern polar region:
BBC article today about the volcanic world of one of Jupiter's moons - Io:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/sci...environment-63982190
@El Loro posted:A flyover Jupiter's northern polar region:
BBC article today about the volcanic world of one of Jupiter's moons - Io:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/sci...environment-63982190
Wow 
@El Loro posted:3 years later Windsor McCay made "Gertie the Dinosaur" which is possibly the first animation with some sort of story. Here's a link to it which starts with a similar sequence as the one made in 1911. The actual animation starts at 7 minutes in and is about 6 minutes long.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDrAjHeQMf4
I did embed a Youtube clip of "Gertie the Dinosaur" here years ago but that's no longer playable.
Gertie's a bit of a mischievious girl isn't she 
and dare I say has a very healthy appetite! 
@El Loro posted:A flyover Jupiter's northern polar region:
BBC article today about the volcanic world of one of Jupiter's moons - Io:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/sci...environment-63982190
Blimey!
It got really close
What would happen if Juno collided with Jupiter?
@slimfern posted:Blimey!
It got really close
What would happen if Juno collided with Jupiter?
I think that unless there was a malfunction on Juno, that won't happen for the time being. Juno has been there for some years without mishap, The mission is scheduled to end in September 2025 and Juno will disappear into Jupiter's atmosphere. Jupiter is a gas giant and wouldn't be affected, Juno though would be no more.
@El Loro posted:A flyover Jupiter's northern polar region:
BBC article today about the volcanic world of one of Jupiter's moons - Io:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/sci...environment-63982190
wow that is fascinating makes you wonder what could happen but enjoyed looking at the intricate structure -thank you EL
@Moonie posted:Good morning Buddies
We hit -6 last night. We may hit -0 today
Have a nice day everyone
Moonie, just to show how weird the weather is, overnight temperature low of minus 9° here, and for Sunday night and Monday night forecast of plus 9. So an 18 degree change in a few days 
Today's Nasa news is of a satellite which has been launched to orbit Earth to map the precise height of rivers, reservoirs and lakes, and track ocean surface features at unprecedented scales. It should improve flood and drought forecasts, and help researchers better understand how the climate is changing.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/sci...environment-63980843
There's British involvement as well. Sensors to be placed at the Bristol Channel area as that has the second highest tidal range in the world - the Severn bore stretches all the way up the river to just to the south of Gloucester (you don't find many rivers where it's possible for people to surf but that happens when there's a bore on the Severn).
@El Loro posted:Today's Nasa news is of a satellite which has been launched to orbit Earth to map the precise height of rivers, reservoirs and lakes, and track ocean surface features at unprecedented scales. It should improve flood and drought forecasts, and help researchers better understand how the climate is changing.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/sci...environment-63980843
There's British involvement as well. Sensors to be placed at the Bristol Channel area as that has the second highest tidal range in the world - the Severn bore stretches all the way up the river to just to the south of Gloucester (you don't find many rivers where it's possible for people to surf but that happens when there's a bore on the Severn).
It's quite remarkable what can be done via satellite
@slimfern posted:Is that not a good thing El?
Do they themselves damage the environment?
Not every country which has sent up satellites takes as much care as other countries so there's an increasing risk of satellites crashing into each other. When a satellite ceases to function there's the risk that when it comes back down (smaller ones would burn up) that the debris will crash into populated areas.
Then there's the issue of light pollution.
@El Loro posted:Not every country which has sent up satellites takes as much care as other countries so there's an increasing risk of satellites crashing into each other. When a satellite ceases to function there's the risk that when it comes back down (smaller ones would burn up) that the debris will crash into populated areas.
Then there's the issue of light pollution.
That doesn't sound good 
@El Loro posted:Today's Nasa news is of a satellite which has been launched to orbit Earth to map the precise height of rivers, reservoirs and lakes, and track ocean surface features at unprecedented scales. It should improve flood and drought forecasts, and help researchers better understand how the climate is changing.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/sci...environment-63980843
There's British involvement as well. Sensors to be placed at the Bristol Channel area as that has the second highest tidal range in the world - the Severn bore stretches all the way up the river to just to the south of Gloucester (you don't find many rivers where it's possible for people to surf but that happens when there's a bore on the Severn).
fascinating EL-amazing but numbers are increasing fast which must be detrimental thank you EL
I've been able to drive over to the outskirts of Cheltenham and do my shopping 
I went an hour later than normal to allow the outside temperature to get over zero (for the first time in several days) and to clear the windscreen and the other car windows of ice which took some time.
I won't be going back to M &S this side of Christmas - next Saturday will be the day when you get queues of shoppers stretching round the car park.
@El Loro posted:I've been able to drive over to the outskirts of Cheltenham and do my shopping
I went an hour later than normal to allow the outside temperature to get over zero (for the first time in several days) and to clear the windscreen and the other car windows of ice which took some time.
I won't be going back to M &S this side of Christmas - next Saturday will be the day when you get queues of shoppers stretching round the car park.
Good to see you made it back safe and sound El 
@Moonie posted:Good to see you made it back safe and sound El
Thanks Moonie Other than parts of my road, the other roads I was on were free of ice - that's the road surface rather then the pavements. Pavements are OK to walk on provided one is careful.. The one exception re pavements is the one on a nearby road where the road goes over a bypass. Pavement is on just one side. I had to walk to a small Co-op a few days ago and the pavement was just compacted smooth ice. I suspect that children had been tobogganing on the pavement over the bridge. I was able to cross it without mishap - I was wearing walking boots rather than shoes.
My brother hasn't been out shopping or walking since last Sunday. He says the pavements are too icy for him. I think I've always had a better sense of balance than he has. Many years ago when we were at Weston Super Mare I was quite happy to scramble over rocks there whereas he stayed on the sand.
Then there was the time when we were children and we had gone to Painswick beacon. We were walking back down to the road where the bus stop was. My brother was behind me so I don't know quite it happened but suddenly my brother tripped and went rolling down the slope over and over again, He did come to a stop and was shaken but not seriously hurt. It's quite a gentle slope, it's not one where one might expect someone to trip over - it's nothing like the slope where the annual cheese rolling goes on.
A delivery robot that got stuck in the snow has thanked the man who put it back on the right track.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-...bridgeshire-63997868
@El Loro posted:A delivery robot that got stuck in the snow has thanked the man who put it back on the right track.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-...bridgeshire-63997868
Hadn't heard of them before El
@slimfern posted:Hadn't heard of them before El
Those small food delivery robots are a trial project by the Cambridge council with the Co-op there. It's for 12,000 residents in part of Cambridge to see if that helps reduce the number of journeys made by the residents to get a few items.
It doesn't mean that this is something which will go nationwide as it's something which that council has instigated the project.
There are quite a number of different Co-op branches around the country. There's two Co-op shops in my area, a larger one about a mile away and a smaller food one a few minutes walk away. The two shops belong to different branches of the Co-op..